Feedback on the draft Climate Change Response Strategy 2024 - 2030, and our proposed climate initiatives to take action on climate change, is now closed. We will prepare the engagement outcomes and provide an update on next steps soon.

Thanks to everyone who took a few minutes to complete our community survey by 5pm Wednesday, 5 June 2024 to help us ensure our Strategy is focusing on priority climate response actions that will ensure a long and healthy future for our community.

Background

We have previously heard from our community that they want more action to protect our trees, open spaces, coastline and biodiversity for current and future generations. They also want more action to reduce emissions and adapt to our changing climate.

Additionally, through consultation with community in late 2023 on the development of the Community Plan, it was clear that protecting and managing our climate and environment are high priorities for our community. As the Climate Change Response Strategy 2024-2030 sits under the Community Plan we have taken into consideration community views and ideas.

Climate Change and the City of Charles Sturt

The City of Charles Sturt has been responding to climate change for over two decades. We have various services, programs, strategies and projects that support this, and we have achieved many outcomes to date. In 2019 we declared a Climate Emergency and have been focused on enabling our community to adapt to the changing climate through the regional AdaptWest partnership and plan and focused on reducing our internal corporate greenhouse gas emissions. We also have a number of services and programs which support community to reduce GHG emissions from our recycling and organics kerbside waste service, community gardens and tree and plant programs, to opportunities for our community to increase active and sustainable transport use.

Some of our Climate Actions to date